Tag: federal employees

Note: This Article (provided below and unchanged) was first published March 2, 2013. We are republishing it in the wake of the Mr. Trump’s controversial election (lost popular vote by three million, associated Russian cyber hacking, conflicts of interest, etc…) and…

The terms Administrative Leave and Authorized Absence are essentially synonymous (we will use the term Administrative Leave for the purposes of this post). Further, we distinguish that for the purpose of this article, we are not addressing such leave used…

There is a prevailing theory that it is usually better to have union representation, than not have union representation, given such need. While we are certainly proponents of labor organizations and their representational roles, particularly since we have been on…

Note, this is our first article in a series of articles titled “Dealing With….”. This special series is designed to provide simple practical advice of immediate usefulness to federal employees (and even local and state to a certain degree) dealing with…

One of the most common questions we receive concerns the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) complaint process. Yes, without question, the process can be very confusing to the uninitiated. This is why there are numerous published EEO complaint process charts. Here, we present…

Breaking News: The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) announced yesterday, June 29, 2015, that it filed a class action lawsuit against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) concerning the recent massive data breaches of federal employee, retiree, and contractor…

Senate Agrees with House GOP Budget Budget To Cut Take Home Pay of Current Federal Employees 5 Percent In a unified budget attempt, on March 27, 2015, Senate Republicans also passed massive pay cuts affecting ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.…

New Wave of Attacks Continues with New Congress We just posted last week about new Republican legislation aimed at Federal employee pensions. We just learned Republican Congressman Tom Rice (R-SC) introduced HR 1137 (PAID for Progress Act). This legislation would provide an…

With the recent outbreak of severe weather, we received many inquiries from federal employees concerning Excused Absence (also called “Authorized Absence” and even “Administrative Leave” by some agencies). (Note, Excused Absence should not be confused with granting of “liberal leave”…

Believe it or not, there once was a time when Republicans and ultra Tea Party conservatives (yes, they are different) had not yet convinced the American public federal employees were the functional equivalent of the Taliban. Of course, there are many…

When facing an adverse personnel action (such as removal, demotion, etc.), or other issue necessitating some form of representation (such as EEO, administrative grievance, etc.), federal employees at all grade levels must decided whether they will engage some form of representation…

The Combined Federal Campaign must (still) die. Last year, we published this post and took some heat….at first. However, we soon received many e-mails agreeing with our position. Well, here we are again, with federal employee pay falling even further behind…

Is the Veterans Administration Workforce Terminally ill? The recent veterans health “crisis” at the Phoenix Veterans Healthcare Facility has opened up a host of new attacks on federal employees. Whereas these attacks were previously the exclusive sole domain of the Republican…